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 the concept of recall is new in indian dental clinical practice. At times the recall is viewed by skepticism or cynicism by some patients. However if the dentist refines and executes a perfect recall system then all the parameters of the practice will improve.

Instead of tracking all parameters start with tracking a few parameters. Rememeber Petr Drucker’s statment " Any entity which is tracked improves"

Regards,

Dr. Veerendra Darakh

 

        

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 a bad situation indeed. the increase in professional charges must at least be commensurate with inflation. as time passes the outgoings of the practice actually increase.

regards,

dr veerendra darakh

 

 

        

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 Rs.7000/- is inclusive of a crown or without a crown. If it is with a crown then which crown is it nickel crown or PFM. Kindly clarify

veeren

        

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 the patient was not a diabetic.

the tooth was not being used for ortho anchorage.

the pt. has been referred back to her implantologist and his opinion is awaited.

regards,

veerendra darakh

 

 

 

        

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 was the swelling tender .

can u post the clinical images/ IOPA/OPG.

did u check for pockets. 

regards,

veeren

        

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 Dentistry is never a priority & it never will be. Dental treatment is always with the disposable income.

Besides extractions all other dental treatment procedures are elective. We are now living in times of high inflation & disposable incomes are now becoming less & less.

Besides quality dental treatment is becoming more & more expensive. Therefore every dentist must consider installing credit card terminals in the clinics.

This will make it easy for patients to pay for quality dentistry. Installing & using swipe machine is easy & can easily be learnt by the secretarial staff.

Besides nobody prepares for a medical/dental emergency. Therefore all medical/dental treatments can cause financial distress.

Therefore it is a good idea to have a credit card machine in our clinics.

Regards,

 

Dr. Veerendra Darakh

        

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 thank u dr olivier for sharing. a very good video

        

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 I don’t think there are any dying practices. There are only un-introspective dentists. As the competition intensifies it is essential that dentists take more & more CE courses. They need to be updated & also they need to regularly visit portals likes http://www.dentistrytoday.info. Participate on the discussion boards regularly. Neither is the general population going to floss & brush regularly nor are they going quite tobacco. So if a dentist feels that he his short of patients he has only himself to blame. 

Once again there are no dying practices, there are only disinterested dentists. If the dentist is forward looking, computer & internet savvy helps others on the forums ,open to new ideas, practices evidence based dentistry his practice will be alive.

        

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 Welcome Dr. Oliver !.

We hope to see many more updates from you.

Regards,

Dr. Veerendra Darakh

        

[siteadmin]

 As would be obvious the most obvious sign of a dying practice would be decrease in carry home income. In fact even if carry home income is steady it means that in effect you are earning less then the previous year because of inflation.

The carry home income must increase regularly & the increase must be commensurate with inflation.

There are some other signs which you can look for :-

·         Are the patients in your practice only from one particular ethnic group or community? A mature practice will have patients from diverse ethnic groups. This is especially applicable in cosmopolitan cities.

·         Quality Dentistry is usually not affordable to the lower middle class & lower socio economic strata. If there are patients in your practice who have to dig deep into their wallets to afford your skills it means that your skills are been well accepted by the community at large & patients don’t mind a temporary financial inconvenience to afford your dentistry.

·         Another thing to look for is wild variation in the number of patients or professional receipts month to month. Weekly variation is inevitable. The professional receipts & the number of patients must be increase & the increase must be perceptible at least over a quarter.If there are wild variations in the professional receipts or the number of patients it means that certain aspects of the practice requires improvements.

Hope this helps……….

 

Thanks & best regards,

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Veerendra Darakh.

        

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 Sure Dr.Swapnil. We look forward to work with you . It would be a pleasure and a privelege for me to work with your organization.

i wish you all the best.

Regards,

Dr. Veerendra Darakh

 

        

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 Hello,

New patients cannot be an indication of the state of the practice. In a new practice there are a lot of new patients.and still not do well. In an old practice there are no new patients. In fcat older the practice the less could be the number of new patients and still do well.

The number of recall patients is a FAIRLY RELIABLE indicator of the state of the practice. If patients report regularly for recall then it means that they appreciate the dentist, his staff and his clinical skills.

Overheads keep on increasing. A dentist should endeavour that they do not spin out of control.

What Indian dental practices now require is a a practice management coach.

Regards,

Dr. Veerendra Darakh

        

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 what is important is that the apron be spotlessly clean , in fact starched and of course proficiency in computers is a must

        

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 Thank you Dr. Kevalfor the compliment. However please not that there is not much evidence to support the use of flowables. You can do excellent restorations even without the use of flowables. The idea of creating a proximal wall first is good. All composite restorations must be done in small increments

regards,

Dr. Veerendra Darakh

        

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 The prognosis of this impacted canine is not very good.  d-b will be extracted and we will wait and watch. however overall the prognosis is not very good

        

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